Help support your Community Center by laughing with some of the funniest comedians from our area in a special event to benefit the PVMCC on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 pm.
[private]The “Not Too Far From Home Stand Up Comedy Tour” stars comedian Aaron David Ward and his hand-picked fellow comedians who work throughout the Northeast and Midwest on a tour that truly is “not too far from home.” All the comedians either live in or have ties to upstate New York or other parts of the Northeast and have been performing professionally for years. Join Aaron and the other rising stars in the professional standup comedy world for a night of laughter. For more information, visit www.thenottoofarfromhomecomedytour.com.
Comedian Dan Geurin will host the festivities as Emcee. He recently launched his comedy career at the tender age of 42 and already has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments, including winning comedy contests and performing regularly at The Funny Bone Comedy Club in Syracuse, NY, The Comedy Works in Albany, NY, and throughout the region. For more information, visit www.twitter.com/DanGeurin.
The program will feature comedian Frank Gentile, who grew up in nomadic fashion attending six different schools before entering junior high. For Frank, being the class clown was a means of gaining social acceptance, adapting to new environments and avoiding wedgies. Frank has performed in clubs, theaters and colleges all over the Northeast, including The Egg, Proctor’s and The Comedy Works in New York’s Capital District; and in well-known venues like Stand Up New York, UCB Theater and Broadway Comedy Club in NYC and numerous stages in MA, VT, NJ, PA and RI. In 2009 Frank opened for Jimmy Fallon and in 2012 he appeared on national television, acting on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/FrankGentileComedian.
The headliner will be Aaron David Ward. For the last 12 years, comedian Aaron David Ward, from TV’s The Glenn Slingerland Situation, has entertained audiences from New Hampshire to California by getting them to laugh and think at his self-deprecating, socio-political, and culturally critical comedy. He opens his heart, mind, and soul to fans during each trip deep inside his mind for a funny, honest, and twisted look at his concerns, disappointments, doubts, fears, and worries. You get to see a tug of war between the emotional and intellectual brains when Aaron is on stage. Aaron has performed throughout the Northeast and Midwest, appeared in the Boston Comedy Festival, Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival, Cape May Comedy Festival, The World Series of Comedy, and in several movies including What I See In The Dark and Aftermath as well as a pilot for MTV and VH1 entitled The List. If you are a fan of funny, introspective, and smart stand up comedy, then Aaron David Ward is your kind of comedian! See Aaron on The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour coming to a city, town, and village near you soon! For more information, visit www.aarondavidward.com.
The event will be held at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center at 71 Main Street in Petersburgh, NY.
Refreshments will be available after the show. Tickets are $15 per person in advance; $20 per person at the door. For tickets call 518-658-3453 or jeanneferland@hotmail.com. Advance tickets are available for purchase at Papa’s Pizza and Hewitt’s Market.
The Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center is a resource available for community gatherings, sports events, private functions, weddings, and conferences. For rental inquiries, please call Roger 518-658-3867 and leave a message. For more information, please email Jeanneferland@hotmail.com or visit visit www.facebook.com/PVMCC.[/private]